Fantasy Island

“	The plane! The plane!	”
	- Tattoo

Fantasy Island is an anthology television series that ran from 1977 to 1984. It centers on a tropical island where visitors are able to come and live out their fantasies. Most episodes follow several visitors whose storylines rarely intersect. The tone of the stories range from light-hearted to macabre.

Fantasy Island has been rebooted on television twice, first in 1998 (for one season) and again in 2021 (for two seasons). It also inspired a 2020 supernatural-horror film that was ostensibly a prequel to the original series.

Notes

• Promotional spots for episodes of Fantasy Island were shown during several Movie Jo Night presentations. None of the regular cast appear in the spots.

Regular Cast

• Ricardo Montalbán — Mr. Roarke
• Hervé Villechaize - Tattoo
• Wendy Schaal - Julie (Season 5 only)
• Christopher Hewett - Lawrence (Season 7 only)

Riffed Episodes

• "The Devil and Mandy Breem/Instant Millionaire" - Movie Jo Night
  • Guest Cast
    • Arlene Golonka - Ava Foster
    • Arte Johnson - Fred Catlett
    • Carol Lynley - Mandy Breem
    • Ross Martin - Ace Scanlon
    • Roddy McDowall - Mephistopheles the Devil
    • Richard Sanders - Mr. Banwell
    • Adam West - Philip Breem
    • Joe Turkel - Herb Glazer

Notes

• This is first episode of Season Four. It was originally broadcast on October 25, 1980.
• "The Devil and Mandy Breem/Instant Millionaire" is the first of two episodes in which Roddy McDowall appears as Mephistopheles/the Devil. He also appeared in three other episodes of Fantasy Island as different characters.
• At the time this episode was produced, actor Richard Sanders was known for his role as journalist Les Nessman on the TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (co-starring Loni Anderson).

MST3K Connections

• Ricardo Montalbán also provided the English dub voice of Claudius in Hamlet.
• Arte Johnson also portrayed Professor Cruikshank in Munchie.
• Carol Lynley also portrayed Niki in H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.
• Roddy McDowall also portrayed Dr. Mellon in Laserblast.
• Adam West also portrayed Captain Tom Churchman in Zombie Nightmare.
• Joe Turkel also portrayed Nick in Tormented and the sheriff in Village of the Giants.
• Cinematographer Emmett Bergholz was also camera operator for World Without End.
• Art director David Marshall was also art director for Riding with Death.
• Set decorator Audrey A. Blasdel was also script supervisor for The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews.